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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.516.2
Title
Round-bottom Jar with Abstract Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
mid 6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Three Kingdoms period, Silla, 57 BCE-668 CE
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201393

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Kaya-type ware: gray stoneware with combed and openwork decoration and with considerable natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered from the Tomb of the Generals in Yangji-ri, Hyŏnp'ung-myŏn, Talsŏng-gun, near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province in 1960.
Dimensions
H. 21.3 x Diam. 14.4 cm (8 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-1991), partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Maria C. Henderson and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.516.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert P. Griffing, Jr., The Art of the Korean Potter; Silla, Koryô, Yi, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1968), p. 59, no. 4; p. 117, no. 4
  • Gregory Henderson, Korean Ceramics: An Art's Variety, exh. cat., Ohio State University, Divisions of Art Gallery (Columbus, Ohio, 1969), p. 28, no. 28
  • Edward B. Adams, Korea's Pottery Heritage, Volume I, Seoul International Publishing House (Seoul, Korea, 1986), p. 58, pl. 72; p. 97, no. 72
  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 33

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